Continuing the Big Data Ethics Debate: Enabling Senior Leader Decisionmaking

Lester et al explore the Human Capital Big Data (HCBD) initiative, an approved strategic policy framework intended to integrate and coordinate the ethical use of the Army's massive data stores by the research and analysis community. Then they introduce the Person-Event Data Environment (PDE), t...

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Published inJoint Force Quarterly : JFQ no. 89; pp. 106 - 113
Main Authors Lester, Paul B, Wolf, Pedro S, Nannini, Christopher J, Jensen, Daniel C, Davis, Delores Johnson
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington National Defense University 01.04.2018
Subjects
Analytics
Army
Big Data
Communities
Cybersecurity
Data analysis
Data management
Data storage
Ethics
Human behavior
Human capital
Human resources
Information technology
Laboratories
Leadership
Machine learning
Mathematical analysis
Medical personnel
Metadata
Personal information
Privacy Act 1974-US
Solution strengthening
Strategic management
Strategic planning
Taxonomy
User training
Working groups
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Summary:Lester et al explore the Human Capital Big Data (HCBD) initiative, an approved strategic policy framework intended to integrate and coordinate the ethical use of the Army's massive data stores by the research and analysis community. Then they introduce the Person-Event Data Environment (PDE), the operational information technology platform designed from the ground up with the ethical use and security of Army personnel big data in mind. They also highlight some of the critical machine learning and predictive analysis research already under way within the PDE that supports the Army's personnel, medical, and intelligence communities. They close by outlining key operational and strategic opportunities and challenges of applying this emerging technology to the dynamic and complex human behavior we will face. While the Defense Human Resources Activity recently created the Office of People Analytics to provide policy guidance to the Services in the coming years, each Service will likely pursue a human capital data analytics solution set that best meets its needs. For the Army, the HCBD initiative and the PDE both represent an effort toward getting actionable information in the hands of leaders quickly while also protecting the Army community members' privacy. Regardless of each Service's chosen path, the paramount requirement before us all is to create systems that balance the data analytic needs of leaders while strengthening the bond of trust with our Servicemembers.
ISSN:1070-0692
1559-6702